Ricardo Rodríguez
#13 · Defender · age 33
Playing his fourth consecutive World Cup; 136 caps is among the all-time Swiss leaders.
91
WC26 rating
- Recent form
- 45
- Career peak
- 100
- League level
- 90
- Competition pedigree
- 98
- International pedigree
- 100
- Longevity
- 69
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Career by season
Source: transfermarkt · fetched 2026-05-29
Rodríguez is the rare modern Swiss player to appear at four consecutive World Cups — a feat that puts him alongside the most enduring international careers in the sport. At 33 he is no longer the overlapping attacker he once was, but his set-piece delivery remains elite and his calm in possession lets younger players around him do more. Whether he starts ahead of Miro Muheim is one of Yakin’s main pre-tournament calls.
Strengths
- Crossing and set-piece delivery (one of the best dead-ball left-footers in Switzerland's history)
- Tournament temperament
- Tactical discipline
Recent form
Betis regular at 33; veteran starter for Yakin.
Scored Switzerland's penalty in the 2018 World Cup vs Sweden, narrowly missing — the kind of detail that hangs over his international career and that he has had eight years to redress.